Catholic colleges get high marks in annual magazine ranking

Published: 2004-08-25

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Catholic colleges and universities across the country once again received top grades in U.S. News & World Report's annual ranking of the nation's best colleges. As in previous years, Catholic colleges had their best standings among regional universities and they topped the lists in the North and Midwest regions. In the national ranking, three Catholic colleges made the top-50 list; they were the University of Notre Dame in Indiana (18th), Georgetown University in Washington (25th) and Boston College (37th). The College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass., was 31st among national liberal arts colleges. Harvard and Princeton tied for best national universities with doctoral programs while Yale placed third. Williams College in Williamstown, Mass., topped the list of national liberal arts schools. This year's college rankings, published in the Sept. 3 edition of U.S. News & World Report and available at newsstands Aug. 23, were based on a wide range of factors that the magazine has used in its more than 20 years of conducting this survey.

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